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Kay Honeycutt <br />From: John Day <br />Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 1:11 PM <br />To: _BOC <br />Cc: Kay Honeycutt; Mike Downs; Pam Dubois; Jonathan Marshall <br />Subject: I-85 Widening -Local Officials Meeting <br />Attachments: NCDOT -Widening of I-85 from 1-485 to NC 73 Interchange; FW: September 24 Interagency <br />Meeting <br />Good afternoon, <br />Monday you received email notice from Angela of a meeting at 3pm today to meet with NCDOT officials to review and <br />discuss the I-85 widening project and associated road realignments. The DOT recommended realignment of Pitts School <br />Road will bisect the Barbee Farm, which is in the EVAD and has been operated by 6 generations of Barbees - it a <br />recognized by the state as a Century Farm. <br />There is an alternative route that does not bisect the farm and there is an organized effort by folks in the region <br />concerned about farm preservation to appear at the public hearing tonight to speak in favor of the alternative route. <br />The NC Dept. of Agriculture has become involved (see attached email from Dewitt Hardee). Mr. Hardee's email includes <br />an attachment of the website posted by those seeking to convince DOT to take the alternate route that doesn't bisect <br />the farm -you may view the two routes in that attachment. <br />The chairman and I will attend the 3 pm meeting to speak on behalf of the alternate route for Pitts School Road. <br />Please call if you have any questions. <br />John <br />John Day <br />Cabarrus County Manager <br />704-920-2895 <br />www.cabarruscounty.us <br />~-~ 293 <br />